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Civil Act — Article 844 (Presumption of husband's paternity of child)

민법 제844조

(1) A child conceived by a wife during the marriage shall be presumed to be the child of the wife's husband.

(2) A child born after two hundred days from the day when the marriage was formed shall be presumed to have been conceived during the marriage.

(3) A child born within three hundred days from the day when the marital relationship is terminated shall be presumed to have been conceived during the marriage.[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 31, 2017][This Article, which was determined to be unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court on April 30, 2015, is amended by Act No. 14965 promulgated on Oct. 31, 2017]

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